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Fashion Week San Diego: Runway Show Day 3 Recap, Part 1

Princess of Punk, designer Zandra Rhodes (whose studio is in Del Mar), was present at Fashion Week San Diego. Very exciting!

Because of the heavy amount of pictures for day three of runway shows for Fashion Week San Diego, I’ll split the posts again into two parts. While I definitely had favorites from each designer’s collections, I did have favorite overall designers. Part one will again include my favorite designers of the evening, and I will post the rest of the designers on either Friday or Saturday (depending on how long it will take to edit the pictures). I will close my coverage of #FWSD on Monday with a post about the trunk show. Enjoy!

A’Doreus

I loved the model on the left. She WERKED it on the runway! The patterns on dresses in this collection are also available on wrapping paper and stationery. A’doreus designer Sharlene Estrella Borromeo (on the right in black) currently works for Zandra Rhodes, and is also grew up with some of my cousins. I hope I can chat with her more in the future.

Ashley Raymond

Two of my favorite dresses from this collection.

This dress was so dramatic and stunning in person. I took several pictures of this design.

Ashley Raymond designer Ashley Ann Barno, with an adorable future runway model!

Yuwei Designs. Beautiful, bold and powerful jewelry.

Yuwei designer Yuwei Lee

WMCouture Collage 1 WM Couture Designs

I had so many favorites from this collection. Check out the polka dot print layered in the skirt, and that beautiful ombre dress. Lovely!

More fantastic polka dots, both subtle and bold.

I saw both of these up close at the trunk show. The detailing in the skirts are breathtaking.

WM Couture designer Wendy McMillan

WishNow, winner of most innovative designs and second runner-up of FWSD.

These designs closed the show, and in such a fun way, because the models danced and shimmied down the runway. The dresses were not only so pretty, but each piece had exquisite detailing. Loved this collection!

WishNow designer Victoria Roberts, who also worked with Zandra Rhodes.

My outfit – Made for Impulse dress; Jump from Paper bag; Miista shoes; London Undergroud cuff c/o designhype; rings by Suki Bijoux; Lucky Brand glasses; handmade 45 RPM adapter earrings (post here). Photo taken by Laura of Laura Neuzeth

Fashion Week San Diego: Runway Show Day 2 Recap, Part 2

As promised, here are the rest of the designers for day two of runway shows from Fashion Week San Diego. There was so much good stuff, so I’ll just let the pictures speak for themselves. Next up, day three of runway shows, so stay tuned!

Love, Charles

Love, Charles designers, Jenna McKown and Kimberly Dooley

Maegan Stracy Collage 1

Maegan Stracy

My favorite piece of the collection. Futuristic yet wearable!

Designer Maegan Stracy
KA Designs Collage 1 K.A. Designs

Loved these pieces. The kimono/batwing sleeves are fantastic.

K.A. Designs designer, Keisha Audrey Sakata

Dos Caras Swimwear

How cute are those balloons? Made for a very festive runway!

Dos Caras Swimwear designers Aida Soria and Syncletica Maestas

Greenpacha Collage 1 GREENPACHA, Hats for a better world

The last outfit and hat had such a wonderful retro feel.

Greenpacha’s designer, Florencia Gomez Gerbi

Fashion Week San Diego: Runway Show Day 2 Recap, Part 1

Jodi Kodesh from KNSD and Jeff Krapf

I’m quickly recapping part one of the day two runway shows from Fashion Week San Diego by featuring two of my favorite designers of that night: Diestra, and the winning designer of #FWSD 2013, RHCREATION. Both were extreme opposites of each other with their color palettes. Diestra presented a wonderful black and white collection, while RHCREATION’s designs were bursting with color. Not only did I love the structure of Diestra’s clothing, but their musically bold graphics really made my retro-lovin’ heart skip a beat. But my breath was taken away by the lovely bold colors, beautiful prints and flowing fabrics of RHCREATION. As the winning designers of #FWSD, RHCREATION won a very impressive business package, which included designing a pair of shoes for Naughty Monkey (based in San Diego, by the way) for their runway show that could possibly go into production, and a trip to ModCloth, who will review their line to possibly include in a future production. SO exciting!

My fellow bloggers and I had much better seats for this night of runway shows, which allowed me to capture all of the fashions for the night without obstruction. In addition to the runway pictures, I’ve got some random shots of the night, such as my outfit picture with Vanessa of Fashion Mixtape. I also included a couple of pictures of the Doggie Fashion Show with #FWSD’s director and founder, Allison Andrews. Stay tuned next week for part two of day two of the #FWSD runway shows, which will include the rest of the designers presented that night. Have a great weekend!

Diestra Brand’s graphics. How fantastic are the cassette tape and turntable images?

My favorite looks of the night by Diestra. That white babydoll dress is to die for!

Designers Otilia Mendez and Denise Munoz of Diestra Brand

The yellow of the second dress was stunning in person.

These prints were so gorgeous.

Richard Henderson and Timothy McGee of RHCREATION.

Cute doggies for adoption! Allison Andrews of FWSD is in the second picture.

This is Marty Ornish, and she is a local clothing designer, specializing in upcycling (her website is www.marty-o.com). I just had to take pictures of this fab coat. I think I’m going to have her do up one of my old denim jackets!

I don’t think I’ve seen a collection of this many fab shoes all in one spot like this, unless I was shopping!

With Vanessa of Fashion Mixtape. We both decided, unbeknownst to each other, that we would sport rock t-shirts, and the color pink! (Photo taken by Alessandra of Alessandra Gonzalez)

My outfit – American Living jacket and Buffalo jeans from JC Penney; Psychedelic Furs t-shirt; New Look shoes from ASOS; Mini Mac c/o Rebecca Minkoff; iSee glasses from GlassesUSA; Michael Kors watch; Suki Bijoux rings

Fashion Week San Diego – Runway Show Day 1 Recap

Wow! Fashion Week San Diego has come and gone, and it was quite an amazing few days of events. When I started this blog, I wasn’t sure where it would take me, but I had hoped I would someday be able to attend events just like this. As I am getting to know the fashion industry, I’m also learning about who I am as a blogger and what I want to present. The reason I’m explaining all of this is because I actually don’t have any truly great pictures from day one of the runway shows. We (bloggers) were seated a bit further back than desired, which made picture-taking quite difficult. Some of us then started to move all the way to the back so we could stand without obstructing the view of others, which meant I only captured half of an outfit, along with the tops of people’s heads. After awhile, I sort of gave up a bit and just enjoyed the show because I knew I just couldn’t post most of the pictures I had taken. When the “Styled to Rock”* designers came up, I felt compelled to capture something because the designs were right up my alley: rock inspired and gothic. Long story short, I have a few pictures of the venue, some pictures of the video screens and three videos of the “Styled to Rock” segment, and a scan of the flier showing the designers for the night. For fantastic pictures of day one of the runway shows, check out Fashion Week San Diego’s Facebook page. All this week, I’ll be featuring recaps of the runway shows and the final trunk show of Fashion Week San Diego, so keep checking back for all of the fabulous fashions and action on and off the runway. Hope you had a great weekend!

San Diego Style Bloggers in full effect! Laura of Laura Neuzeth, Paulina of Lil Bits if Chic, Lisa of Mona Lisa Marie, Amber of FACE IT Catalog, Paula and Pat of PATFLOR

A list of designers for day one of the runway shows. I apologize again for not having any pictures to present of designers prior to the “Styled to Rock” designers.

I fell completely in love with Dexter Simmons and all of his pieces. So very rock inspired and edgy.

Andre Soriano and Cecilia Aragon’s collections were so wonderfully gothic. Love!

My outfit for day one of the runway shows: Glamorous shirt dress (purchased from ASOS); Vintage Judith Leiber clutch; Vince Camuto boots (old); Suki Bijoux necklace; BonLook “La Marquise” glasses. (Photo taken by Laura of Laura Neuzeth)

*Styled to Rock is an upcoming American reality competition television series, executive produced by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna which focuses on fashion design. The contestants compete with each other to create the best outfit for one or more famous music acts every week. They are restricted in time and materials. Their designs are judged and the music act of the week chooses his favorite one. One designer is eliminated each week.

The series was originally scheduled to debut on November 5, 2013 on the Style Network. However two weeks before its September 23, 2013 debut, the Esquire Network was announced as taking over Style’s channel space, rather than G4 as originally planned. It was announced on September 30, 2013, that the series will premiere October 25, 2013, on Bravo.

(Styled to Rock excerpt from Wikipedia)

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